The Boxing Truth®

The fourth event held under the Ring Magazine banner titled Ring IV, which was held at the ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on November 22nd was promoted as a night of champions. It is indeed true that the event featured four world championship fights that produced a variety that just about every type of Boxing fan is bound to have an opinion on. The most dominant performance of the evening in the view of this observer was the one put forth by WBC/WBO Jr. Bantamweight world champion Jesse Rodriguez , who defended his title against WBA number one contender and former IBF Jr. Bantamweight world champion Fernando Martinez . After an opening round where Martinez seemed to narrowly get the better of the action and was able to land some hard punches particularly with his right hand, Rodriguez simply went to work. From the second round on, the champion put forth what can only be described as a “Masterclass" in displaying a full arsenal of Boxing skills. A display of lateral movement, ...

The fight between former IBF World Flyweight champion Sunny Edwards and undefeated contender Galal Yafai was one of experience versus youth. Edwards, a former world champion who was looking to get himself back into position to fight for a world championship in his second fight since losing the IBF crown in a unification bout against WBO World Flyweight champion Jesse Rodriguez. With an interim designation on the line between Edwards and Yafai in the WBC’s Flyweight ratings, the winner of the fight would essentially be in position to challenge current WBC world champion Kenshiro Teraji. What had all the appearance of a high-stakes encounter took place before an enthusiastic crowd at the Resorts World Arena in Birmingham, England on November 30th. In previewing this bout, this observer pointed out that the strategy of Edwards, a fighter with only four knockouts in twenty-one previous fights going into this encounter, and one who was used to going a world championship distance of twelve r...

Boxing’s 112lb. Flyweight division takes center stage this Thanksgiving weekend as an intriguing battle will occur at the Resorts World Arena in Birmingham, England as former IBF Flyweight world champion Sunny Edwards will face undefeated top contender Galal Yafai. An encounter that will determine Interim/Regular champion status in the World Boxing Council (WBC) Flyweight ratings, which can be seen worldwide on digital subscription streaming network DAZN . While Boxing’s lower weight divisions do not always receive consistent exposure here in the United States, it is often the lower weight classes that offer battles often fought at a high pace and no shortage of action. This fight figures to follow in that tradition. In this case, this particular bout has an interesting contrast in a former world champion looking to get back into position to fight for a world championship going against a young, unbeaten contender, who some might feel has yet to be tested.   Edwards is looking ...

Press Release: By DAZN   July 11, 2022 – Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez  will defend his WBC World Super-Flyweight title against  Israel Gonzalez  as the co-main event on the undercard of the trilogy clash between  Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez  and  Gennadiy ‘GGG’ Golovkin  at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, September 17. The event, presented by Matchroom, Canelo Promotions and GGG Promotions, will broadcast live on DAZN Pay-Per-View in the U.S. and Canada as well as around the world on DAZN (excluding Mexico, Latin America, and Kazakhstan) ​ .  Credit: DAZN    TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW VIA  AXS.COM   Rodriguez (16-0 11 KOs) is in red-hot form after a sensational stoppage win over Thai star Srisaket Sor Rungvisai on his San Antonio home turf in June, his eighth round triumph coming...

  One could make an argument that there has been a portion of Boxing’s seventeen weight classes that for one reason or another struggles for mainstream recognition here in the United States, despite consistently producing memorable battles and dominant world champions through various eras that were as deserving of mainstream recognition as other fighters who compete in other weight classes. This observer is referring to the sport’s lower weight divisions. To be specific , the weight classes ranging from the 105lb. Minimumweight (Formally known as Strawweight) division to the 122 lb. Jr. Featherweight division .     While yours truly can spend hours upon hours discussing the great fighters that have competed in these weight classes through the years and keeping in mind that the Jr. Featherweights usually receive more attention as compared to  the weight classes below 122lbs., usually exposure comes for those weight classes when a fighter or group of fighters come...